Toilet paper panic buying stash sparks online discussion after NSW household pictured with Quilton stockpile – 7NEWS.com.au

A consumer has been slammed for an apparent toilet paper hoard following a renewed wave of panic buying across the country.
A passerby took the picture of the New South Wales home and shared it online with the caption, Dont be like this w*****!
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In the picture, a luxury Mercedes coupe is seen parked next to almost two dozen packets of Quilton toilet paper piled high across the garage wall.
The resident faced intense criticism online with many users branding the stash as selfish.
People are still doing this? one asked.
A passerby shared the picture online with the caption, ‘Dont be like this w*****!’ Credit: u/jtrevat/Reddit
Other users defended the hoard and gave the residents the benefit of the doubt, saying the stockpile could be to service their business or a healthy buffer of supply.
People who simply maintain a healthy stockpile arent the problem, its the people that go out of their way to drastically increase their purchases that are the problem, the user said.
The image comes after a surge in panic buying, driven by fears of a second wave of coronavirus cases.
The consumer behaviour has resulted in Coles and Woolworths reintroducing purchase limits at supermarkets impacted by Melbournes lockdown.
Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire returned to stage three stay at home restrictions for six weeks at 11.59pm last Wednesday in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 community transmission in the state.
Toilet paper at Woolworths remains capped at two packs per customer nationally.
While the sale of products such as pasta, rice, flour, sugar, milk, and liquid soap are capped at two per customer at Coles, the most prized good – toilet paper – is capped at just one packet.

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